More information: Defector is Steve Hackett's highest charting album in the UK (No.9). Released in 1980, it featured the same band as Spectral Mornings.

This deluxe edition features a new remaster of the album along with a CD of Steve Hackett's set at the Reading Festival in 1980. There is also a DVD which features a pseudo 5.1 Surround Sound Up-mix derived from the original stereo masters.